Bird Watching

The Lower Zambezi Valley affords a wide range of bird habitats. The area is justly renowned for it’s prolific birdlife with over 400 recorded species.

 

 

Short List of Birds found on the Lower Zambezi River at Mvuu Lodge
(Roberts Numbers)

No

Species

No

Species

75

77

145

245

252

254

259

261

265

268

288

304

343

368

379

383

Heron Rufousbellied

Heron Whitebacked Night

Eagle Western Banded Snake

Plover Ringed

Plover Caspian

Plover Grey

Plover Whitecrowned

Plover Longtoed

Sandpiper green

Redshank

Godwit Bartailed

Pratincole Redwinged

Skimmer African

Lovebirds Lilians

Cuckoo Barred

Cuckoo Thickbilled

391.1

403

416

422

441

443

448

594

617

705

707

780

781

787

833

838

Coucal Whitebrowed

Owl Pel's Fishing

Swift Horus

Spinetail Motteled

Bee-eater Carmine

Bee-eater Whitefronted

Roller Rackettailed

Chat Arnot's

Robin Bearded

Flycatcher Wattle-eyed

Flycatcher Livingstone's

Sunbird Purplebanded

Sunbird Shelley's

Sunbird Whitebellied

Pytilia Goldenbacked

Twinspot Redthroated